Lucia Burridge, BACP

Lucia Burridge helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss or major life changes. She writes plainly and listens carefully so people can talk through what matters most to them. Lucia aims to make sessions feel calm and straightforward from the first contact. She is a BACP counsellor with seven years of practice experience in the United Kingdom.

Lucia draws on client-centred methods that put the person’s concerns at the heart of each session. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. Together these approaches create practical ways to manage anxiety, low mood and unhelpful patterns of behaviour.

Her experience includes helping people cope with grief, addiction, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and sleep or eating difficulties. Lucia also works with concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood swings, chronic illness and workplace stress. She welcomes people who are navigating life changes, parenting strains, or conflicts around communication and commitment.

Sessions are conversational and goal-focused when needed. Lucia aims to help people build everyday tools for coping, such as thought work from CBT alongside a steady, empathetic listening style. She keeps language simple and explains techniques before trying them together.

People interested in starting are invited to complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions that suit their schedule. Lucia is open to working with clients across the UK and with international clients by online methods.

How Lucia’s approaches work online

Lucia uses client-centred work to prioritise what the person brings to sessions, offering steady listening and reflection so people feel heard. That approach helps when someone needs to talk through loss, stress or relationship worries before deciding what to do next.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect feelings and everyday choices. CBT offers practical steps such as identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioural experiments to improve sleep, mood or anxiety levels.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and is decided collaboratively. Lucia will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and suggest whether to focus more on listening and exploration or on CBT-style techniques. The plan can change as progress is made.

Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls make it possible to have a full session face to face, phone sessions suit people with less bandwidth or who prefer no camera, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options help fit therapy into busy days and different time zones while keeping the focus on effective, workable support.